Schulte, Brigid
Summary: "Can working parents in America--or anywhere--ever find true leisure time? According to the Leisure Studies Department at the University of Iowa, true leisure is "that place in which we realize our humanity." If that's true, argues Brigid Schulte, then we're doing dangerously little realizing of our humanity. In Overwhelmed, Schulte, a staff writer for The Washington Post, asks: Are our...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus & Giroux 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 331.44 SCHMawson, Timothy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarkson Potter 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 728.9 ENDDelaney, Brigid
Summary: An in-depth, laugh-out-loud exploration of the best and worst of the wellness industry. Longtime journalist Brigid Delaney tackles the good, the bad, and the just-a-little-ridiculous of the wellness industry, using herself as the guinea pig. Writing with self-deprecating wit and refreshing honesty, she sorts through the fads and expensive hype to find out what actually works, asking: what does...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greystone Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613 DELDanson, Ted
Summary: Most people know Ted Danson from television and movies, but fewer realize that over the course of the past two and a half decades, Danson has tirelessly devoted himself to the cause of heading off a looming global catastrophe--the massive destruction of our planet's oceanic biosystems and the collapse of the world's major commercial fisheries. Here, Danson details his journey from joining a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333.95 DANRawson, Katherine
Summary: "Tractors, wagons, combines, and trailers-what are these things? They're all machines on a farm! How do they work? What are they for? Kids can get to know the many machines that make farms go"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 631.3 RAWDowson, Nick.
Summary: Presents a tribute to the migrations of millions of creatures to the Arctic, including depictions of the cyclical journeys of gray whales, caribou and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2011
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE DOWGallagher, Brigid
Summary: Learn about the history of meteor shower discoveries and how technology helps scientists study meteor showers today.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 523.5 GALGallagher, Brigid.
Summary: A biography on Langston Hughes, the American poet and playwright.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heinemann Library 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 HUGRawson, Katherine
Summary: "Pigs, cows, chickens, and horses-farms have lots of animals! Where do they live? What do they eat? Kids can find answers to all their questions about farm animals in this interactive Pebble Sprout series"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 636 RAWAvison, Brigid.
Summary: In a question and answer format addresses basic physiology, such as why one has bones, why one needs food, and how the body grows.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kingfisher Books 1993
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Summary: "Fruits, vegetables, grains, and dairy-farms have them all! What crops do farmers plant? How do they grow? Kids can find the answers to all their questions about how farmers grow the foods we eat in this interactive Pebble Sprout series"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a capstone imprint 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 633 RAWRawson, Kerri
Summary: What is it like to learn that your ordinary, loving father is a serial killer? In 2005, Kerri Rawson heard a knock on the door of her apartment. When she opened it, an FBI agent informed her that her father had been arrested for murdering ten people, including two children. It was then that she learned her father was the notorious serial killer known as BTK, a name he'd given himself that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nelson Books, an imprint of Thomas Nelson 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B KERRI RAWSON RAWHanson, Jason
Summary: Reveals high-stakes techniques and survival tactics from intelligence officers who have employed the same measures in life-or-death situations throughout the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: TarcherPerigee 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.6 HANDawson, Peg.
Summary: The latest research in child development shows that many kids who have the brain and heart to succeed lack or lag behind in crucial "executive skills" -- the fundamental habits of mind required for getting organized, staying focused, and controlling impulses and emotions. Learn easy-to-follow steps to identify your child's strengths and weaknesses, use activities and techniques proven to boost...
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Manufactured and distributed by] Findaway World, LLC 2012
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 649.1526 DAWDawson, Sophie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lark Books 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.54 DawsonHanson, Jason
Summary: "When Jason Hanson joined the CIA in 2003, he never imagined that the same tactics he used as a CIA officer for counter intelligence, surveillance, and protecting agency personnel would prove to be essential in every day civilian life. In addition to escaping handcuffs, picking locks, and spotting when someone is telling a lie, he can improvise a self-defense weapon, pack a perfect emergency...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perigee, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2015
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Summary: When it comes to game programming, C++ is the name of the game. If you aspire to move from game player to game creator, it all starts with learning the fundamentals of C++ and game-programming basics. You will find an up-to-date and thorough introduction to everything you need to get started -- with no previous programming experience required. In the new fourth edition of this popular guide to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cengage Learning 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 005.13 C++ DAWDawson, Mike
Summary: Join the Boy Scouts for a week of campfires, merit badge courses, group showers and merciless hazing at Pinewood Forest Camp, New Jersey, int eh summer of 1995. -- cover p. [4]
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Publisher / Publication Date: Secret Acres 2011
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 DAWDawson, Patrick
Summary: Like good wine, certain beers can be aged under the right conditions, a process that enhances and changes their flavors in interesting and delicious ways. Good candidates for aging are high-alcohol brews, bottle-conditioned beers with yeast in the bottle, barleywines, lambics, and winter ales. Patrick Dawson explains how to identify a cellar-worthy beer, how to plan and set up a beer cellar,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Pub Co 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.25 DawsonEgan, Brigid.
Summary: Come help Steven and all of Blue's friends find ways to make her feel better.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC EGAKeenan, Brigid
Summary: In the continuing adventures of Brigid Keenan, the "trailing spouse" of a diplomat, we find her dealing with life in Kazakhstan, navigating her daughters' weddings, coping with a cancer diagnosis, and getting a crash course in grandmotherhood, while facing up to her greatest challange yet: retirement.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KEENAN, BRIGID KEEBinns, Brigit Legere.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Source 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.812 BINDenson, Bryan
Summary: Recounts the case of the Unabomber and the FBI agent that was insrumental to bringing him to justice.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 364.152 DENSasson, Jean.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 1995